Barry Sanders has scored the most rushing touchdowns for the Lions in a game, with 4 touchdowns versus the Vikings on November 24, 1991.
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lions player most rushing touchdowns in a regular-season game| NAME | RUSH TD | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 4 | 11/24/1991 |  DET | @ |  MIN | 220 | 23 | 9.6 | 31 | 4 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | J. Gibbs | 3 | 12/4/2025 | DET | vs |  DAL | 43 | 12 | 3.6 | 77 | 7 | 7 | 11.0 | 0 |
| 3 | | J. Gibbs | 3 | 1/5/2025 | DET | vs | MIN | 139 | 23 | 6.0 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 6.2 | 1 |
| 4 |  | D. Montgomery | 3 | 9/28/2023 | DET | @ |  GB | 121 | 32 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | J. Williams | 3 | 11/20/2022 | DET | @ |  NYG | 64 | 17 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | M. Leshoure | 3 | 11/4/2012 | DET | @ |  JAX | 70 | 16 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | | J. Stewart | 3 | 10/19/2000 | DET | @ |  TB | 116 | 29 | 4.0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 8 | | B. Sanders | 3 | 9/13/1998 | DET | vs |  CIN | 185 | 26 | 7.1 | 44 | 1 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | B. Sanders | 3 | 11/27/1997 | DET | vs |  CHI | 167 | 19 | 8.8 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | T. Vardell | 3 | 11/16/1997 | DET | vs | MIN | 45 | 5 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Sanders | 3 | 10/8/1995 | DET | vs |  CLE | 157 | 18 | 8.7 | 27 | 4 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| 12 | | B. Sanders | 3 | 9/29/1991 | DET | vs | TB | 160 | 27 | 5.9 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Sanders | 3 | 12/24/1989 | DET | @ |  ATL | 158 | 20 | 7.9 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | J. Jones | 3 | 10/9/1983 | DET | vs | GB | 64 | 19 | 3.4 | 22 | 3 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sims | 3 | 9/7/1980 | DET | @ |  LA | 153 | 22 | 7.0 | 64 | 2 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | G. Landry | 3 | 10/1/1972 | DET | @ | CHI | 87 | 9 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Ninowski | 3 | 10/30/1960 | DET | @ | LA | 25 | 8 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 11/23/2025 | DET | vs | NYG | 219 | 15 | 14.6 | 45 | 11 | 12 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 19 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 11/9/2025 | DET | @ |  WAS | 142 | 15 | 9.5 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 10.0 | 1 |
| 20 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 10/20/2025 | DET | vs | TB | 136 | 17 | 8.0 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 21 | | D. Montgomery | 2 | 9/22/2025 | DET | @ |  BAL | 151 | 12 | 12.6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13.0 | 0 |
| 22 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 9/22/2025 | DET | @ | BAL | 67 | 22 | 3.0 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 23 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 11/24/2024 | DET | @ |  IND | 90 | 21 | 4.3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 24 | | D. Montgomery | 2 | 11/17/2024 | DET | vs | JAX | 75 | 15 | 5.0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 25 | | J. Gibbs | 2 | 10/20/2024 | DET | @ | MIN | 116 | 15 | 7.7 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 11.0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.
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